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The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Directed by
Jules Bass
,
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
G
1985
50m
Animation
,
Family
,
and more
7.2
63%
63%
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At a council convened by The Great Ak, the forest being tells the story of Santa Claus to explain why he deserves to be made immortal.
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Cast of The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Earl Hammond
Santa Claus (voice)
Earle Hyman
King Awgwa (voice)
Larry Kenney
Commander of the Wind Demons (voice)
Lynne Lipton
Queen Zurline / Wife / Additional Voices (voice)
Bob McFadden
Tingler (voice)
Lesley Miller
Necile (voice)
Peter Newman
Peter Knook / Awgwas / The Gnome King / Husband / Additional Voices (voice)
Joey Grasso
Weekum (voice)
J.D. Roth
Young Claus (voice)
Alfred Drake
The Great Ak (voice)
Amy Anzel
Child (voice)
Josh Blake
Child (voice)
Jamie Lisa Murphy
Child (voice)
Al Dana
Chorus (voice)
Margaret Dorn
Chorus (voice)
Arlene Martel
Chorus (voice)
Marty Nelson
Chorus (voice)
David Ragaini
Chorus (voice)
Robert Ragaini
Chorus (voice)
Annette Sanders
Chorus (voice)
Ari Gold
Child (voice)
Jules Bass
Director / Writer / Producer
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Director / Producer
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus Ratings & Reviews
AV Club
AV Club Staff
It badly botches what a Christmas special should be, and is worth watching mainly for unintentional laughs.
Vox
Emily St. James
This is something like Rankin/Bass's fifth attempt to tell the back-story of the jolly old elf. But there's something so pleasingly goofy about Santa wandering into scenes that might as well be ripped from the pages of Marvel Comics.
Paste Magazine
Ryan Voyles
Lacks the lighthearted charm of the earlier specials, but makes up for it in its tight plot and the best Animagic the studio ever did.
IGN Movies
R.L. Shaffer
The special is peppered with dazzling characters courtesy of Baum's highly inventive imagination, coupled with terrific stop-motion animation that brings the marvelous characters to life in extraordinary ways.
Syfy Wire
Matthew Jackson
It's Rankin/Bass doing high fantasy in ways they never did before, the stop-motion is smooth and gorgeous, and it's worth seeking out just for how strange it is.
Paste Magazine
Matt Pass
Seems like it was written by somebody who never heard of Santa Claus before. It's like a knock-off action figure at a dollar store: parts of it look vaguely familiar, yet it's all inherently wrong.
New York Times
John J. O'Connor
Mr. Baum's peculiar vision can be filled with all sorts of deliciously scarifying elements, but the underlying theme is unfailingly comforting.
Common Sense Media
Andrea Beach
Animated tale is heavy on fantasy, has some scariness.
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